Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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schools arc the special province of M iss Mary A. Nourse, author oi that brand new book on Japan. Kodo”. Miss Nourse covers American history. Oriental, economics, and current events. The general correlated courses in histor) ami literature in the Forms are conducted by Mrs, Currier, A very special feature at Mount Vernon is the excellent staff and equipment in the departments of f ine Arts, Miss Marguerite Munn. Director of the Art studio, is an ex- perienced painter and teacher. She is ably assisted by Miss Gretchen Thomas, who has her own little workshop corner at the Cor- coran this winter. The music department is also most fortunate in its leaching personnel. Mrs. Mary Louise Wright, Organist and Choir Director, leaches musical I heor and appreciation. Miss Marie Millie! te is an ex- ceptional!} resourceful teacher of voice and director of Glee Club. In the piano studio wc are privileged to have the skill and artistry of Mine. Julia Klhogcn. concert pianist and teacher from Vienna. Miss Edith Mack lias for several years conducted classes in drama and coached studio groups in play prod tie lion. VII these arts teachers have a part in the creative activities that thrive at Mount Vernon. You will meet Miss jean and Miss Urner in their own very special setting. Faculty: In the Gray Rwtrn In thf ; Studio In Little Halt 12

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f oiatite SuhsUitwvs Brooks’s car broke down on the way from l be studio. Mrs, Lloyd, Headmistress and Advisor to the Senior Class, teaches the college mat he- matics. She is assisted in (lie preparatory school by Miss Ruth Kelly, who also teaches astronomy. Miss Kelly is the devoted friend and Counsellor to the Second Form. Miss Mary Reed of the science department is the inspiration of these absorbed young experi- menters you may see poring over mic roscope and test tubes. Perhaps these girls are trying to isolate that very special M,V.S, grippe germ. Other students turn their scientific curiosity in another, more romantic direc- tion. The young hopefuls below seem already to have reached a major domestic crisis. The young woman in the picture who seems to know what it is all about is Miss Elizabeth Kirkland. M iss Kirkland is the Home Eco- nomics department, and the high-powered instigator of action at Field House. From George Washington l niversity come five eminent professors to our college halls. Prof. Baker reads the classics in translation with a small hut enthusiastic group. Prof, Britt conducts a seminar in the Psychology of Public Opinion. Prof. Garnett and Prof. Merriman lecture the Seniors, the former in Construc- tive Citizenship and the latter in American government. Prof. Kayser teaches modern history. These charming gentlemen are as camera shy as Mr, Rice, Other history courses in both Indigestible Matter II

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We have at Mount Vernon several creative activities organized into seminars. In Publications Workshop we learn by doing: journalism, photography, advertising, and business management. This year, Mrs. Helen Hill Currier as Advisor has been perhaps our most diligent worker. Barbara Brady, as Ivli tor-in -Chief of Cupola, has done more than her share of hair pulling and cajoling in order to make dead- lines with printer’s copy. Mary Ann McKinney lias handled expertly all financial matters for this Big Business. To Catherine Houston fell the arduous task of supervising the salt of school pictures. She has objected only on the grounds that collecting is close to a dentist’s idea of fun. Jeanne Popham, our one trained typist, lias had her hands full, with letters, advertising, and printer’s copy to send off. In Barbara Galloup we were clever enough to discover not only an increasingly expert candid photographer, hut an amazingly friendly father, who has developed so many pictures of Mount Vernon that he surely would recognize any of us in familiar or unfamiliar pose. Since Publications this year is a small group, we have made no attempt to publish the usual school newspaper. Just before Christmas we made up for sale a photographic calendar of campus and school life at Mount Vernon. Our major production, however, has been the 1940 Cupola, which we present now to you. AT CREATIVE WORK Deadline Daze 13